Habits of empire
Subtitle: a history of American expansion
By: by Walter Nugent.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9781400042920
Subjects: Imperialism -- History; Aggression (International law) -- History; United States -- Territorial expansion; United States -- Foreign relations
First sentence: It has been written that the United States is an imperial nation, but Americans are loath to admit it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Transappalachia, 1782 : first land, first good fortune; title: Louisiana, 1803 : second good luck; title: Canada, 1812-1814 : failed aggression northward; title: Florida, 1810-1819 : southward aggression I; title: Texas, 1811-1845 : overpopulating and conquering; title: Oregon, 1818-1846 : fixing the Canadian border; title: California and New Mexico, 1846-1848 : southward aggression II; title: Populating the empire; title: To Alaska and across the Pacific; title: Around the Caribbean; title: Postscript: The global empire.